Taking on a hit and making it your own is a brave and treacherous task.  The "why fix what isn't broken" mentality often prevails, meaning people often approach and receive tribute tunes with caution. However, there are always undeniably some cover songs that hit the nail on the head - whether they offer a unique twist, take the song into another genre, or find something new and beautiful in the piece - they sit happily alongside the original, sometimes even surpassing it. Here are few great covers from 2015 that we think you should check out.

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Hot Chip - Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyN_d28-sfw Video via YouTube/HotChipVEVO Hozier - Sam Smith's Lay Me Down  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7XDLxC0IDQ Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO Gavin James - Michael Jackson's Billie Jean X The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JReIYMJ1YLA Video via YouTube/SBTV:Music Orla Gartland - James Bay's Hold Back The River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D75h0r4h3g Video via YouTube/OrlaGartland Dixie Chicks - Lana Del Ray's Video Games  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvqgJqfIRQs Video via YouTube/ShannonWilson Sam Smith and Disclosure - Drake's Hotline Bling  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5OeT5r51co Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO Ryan Adams - Taylor Swift's Blank Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sndW_dDy-s8 Video via YouTube/RyanAdamsVEVO Demi Lovato - Hozier's Take Me To Church  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysv84KEZXWw Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1VEVO Hermitage Green - The Fugee's Ready or Not  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0USjcgwZw Roisin O - Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zat6FjSapp4 Ed Sheeran - Christina Aguilera's Dirty  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf_ldxntwJg Video via YouTube/BBCRadio1 Wyvern Lingo - Joni Mitchell's River  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJX7TimwLj4